The Penn's Grove record., 1887-07-30

AT a special session Of the Cumber-
land County Courts Monday, fudge
Reed lined Rosa Carrie 500 keeping a
d~isordelly house in BudSeton. Cap
tin John Ray, OF Philadelphia, con-
vicled Of stealing sand ueal Esg Island
Delaware Bay, was fined $3.50.
Dennis +. Butler defeated Thomas
Riley N a swimming tuaich Monda'
from Red Bank buoy TO iianrs whari,
Gloucester City by three seconds.
Time. 81 mimi Is.
Tie steamboat City ST Bri.lgctou,
which several years age was a lavarite
passenger steauer ou the Delaware
River, has been SOLD ii, savannah. ga.
TO be converted into "a barge.
The Gloucester County Boatd Of
Freeholdeis has directed the Clerk to
procure seventeen Of thu g,,t1s bdlni-
boxes authorized 10y thr late l.r4i>id-
ture.
George Ii. Bark,., Neclelhf} ot lie
Young Mems Chrisji"u Association
Of Camden, will conduct ler roung
peoples meeting at Pitmam Grove dur
Ing tie coming camp.
Mr.. Moody. the famous evangelist,
has been l%,oriing great religious meet
ings at SeabliLlt. His services are at
tended by thousands.
WoodhuIy's tx rate will Sl.44 on
the 800 valuation, ah increase OF IL
GEMS un last year,
The recent heavy rains have Iaised
the streams in Sussex County higher
than they have been for several years
in mid SIMMER, and the hay crop cn
tie low lands is badly damaaed. Hum
dIeds OF acres OF gratn iaIld in the
Waikiki Valley are Submerged aud the
hay entirely ruined. Few farmers had
begun to NOW their low meadows he
fore tie rainfall beg IN, cons qusntly
their loss is very heavy.
Two severe thu der showers passed
over burlington county III Saturday,
doing IA great dead vt damage 10 the
growing crops, trees, barns and other
oulbuildiDgs. In Mount HOLLY liglitelI-
ing IN ten or fifteen different places
splitting large trees from top to bottom
and DANA giHg several houses. Light
eping made clean breach through the
tenant house Of Charles f. Hume.
No one was home al the time. Atthe
fair grounds at Mount Holly the elect
ric current passed along The tail fence
IN froat, sIrivering it into IA Thousand
pieces. Along the RAILROAD Il number
OF telegraph poles were 5 lit to Ireg.<
and several traihmen were rendered
unconscious 10y the heavy discharges
81 electricity. Ilr. ham on J.. G.
Sn,ailey's idrm bet@ en- MuUHt Holly
and Birmingham, WAS struck and
burned down, ,oas, $1,000 Insurance
500. NCdr Julilt>toWn. N the llough
farm, Il lar hata was bum d, With
a quantity al by and grain b long
ing to the tenant, Noah Ga>kill. On
the Pew farm several COWS were killed.
The greatest damage Was done within
II radius of five miles around Mount
Holly, and many farms sustained
heavy LOSES
The Colorado potato beetle is 4 great
er pest to the farmers and trlck-grow-
ers of Warren and adjoining eoHn-
ties this year than for many years past
or ever before.
On August Is the lie rlield Presby-
terian Churcl, will celebrate it's l5lth
anniversary.
a certificate Of the association of the
Ladies of tie Grand Army OF The Re
public" with Anna +. Grubb, Presi-
dent; Garry NJ. Buagr, Vice President;
Matte i. Garrison, secretary; NJ.
France, Treasurer, and Eliza ID. Ed
mund and ID j. Bateman, Executive
Committee, has been recorded with
County Clerk Burrough, of Camden.
&. &. Green, of Woodbury., has ptti
chased in California some thirty acres
Of ground upon which are groves OF
oranges, lemons and apricots lie has
had plans made and has now N course
of erection IA handsome winter house
where lie will hereafter reside dur
ing the cold weather. His hand
some private ear will be finished by tie
first of August.
The experiment of bagging grapes
previous to their blooming, is being
tried quite extensively this year on c.
Ii. Smiths vineyard, at Vineland, and
there is every indication that the ex-
pertinent will prove a success, both us
preventive of rose bug rtFages and
rot. The clusters on the Smith farm,
which were bapged IA week previous TO
the time OF blooming, are filling OUT
finely. and it is thought this method
will he quite generally adopted next
year.
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